Climate averages 1991–2020
Erciş weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Erciş: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patnos (49 km away). In October its highs average 16.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Erciş, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erciş ranks 136th of 138 for the warmest October highs and 73rd of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Erciş is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Erciş climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 51 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 1.0°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 50 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 64 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 66 | 13.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 16.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 58 | 12.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 21 | 5.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 9.8 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 6.2 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 15.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 50 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 55 | 9.7 | 9.59 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Patnos in OctoberTurkey · 49 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 4.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Van in OctoberTurkey · 59 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Ağrı in OctoberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in OctoberTurkey · 85 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Tatvan in OctoberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Iğdır in OctoberTurkey · 116 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Khūy in OctoberIran · 148 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Salmās in OctoberIran · 153 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 30 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Erciş) is explained once on the Erciş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.